Switch SSR from SX adapter to native Sx_render.render_to_html.
Islands that fail SSR emit <span data-sx-island="name"> placeholders
instead of recursing into client-only bodies. Eliminates the <home
symbol error cascade that made the homepage render 23s.
Performance (warm, single process):
Homepage: 131-191ms TTFB (was 202ms on Quart) — faster
Geography: 203-229ms TTFB (was 144ms on Quart) — close
Reactive: 155-290ms TTFB (was 187ms on Quart) — similar
Memory: 2MB RSS (was 570MB on Quart) — 285x reduction
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
JIT runtime errors now silently fall back to CEK without disabling the
compiled bytecode or logging. This prevents render-to-html from being
permanently disabled when one page has an unresolved symbol (e.g. the
homepage stepper's <home).
Load spec/signals.sx and web/engine.sx for reactive primitives.
Skip test files and non-rendering directories (tests/, plans/, essays/).
Performance with JIT active (warm, single process, 2MB RSS):
- Aser (component expansion): 21-87ms — faster than Quart baseline
- SSR + shell: variable due to homepage <home fallback issue
- Geography total: ~500ms when JIT stays active
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- Enable lazy JIT in HTTP mode — pre-compile 24 compiler functions at startup
- Load spec/signals.sx + web/engine.sx for reactive primitives
- Recursive directory loading for subdirectory components (geography/, etc.)
- Re-bind native variadic assoc after stdlib.sx overwrites it
- Skip test files, plans/, essays/ directories during HTTP load
- Homepage aser: 21-38ms warm, Geography aser: 39-87ms warm
Remaining: render-to-html JIT gets disabled by <home symbol error on
first request (falls back to CEK). ~docs/page component missing for
some pages. Fix those for full parity with Quart.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reverse hook syncs VM GLOBAL_SET mutations back to global_env so CEK reads
see JIT-written values. Isomorphic nav: store primitives, event-bridge,
client? predicate. Browser JS and bytecode rebuilt.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Full protocol specification covering requests, responses, verbs,
headers, cookies, status conditions, addressing, streaming,
capabilities, caching, and wire format. Everything is s-expressions.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- def-store/use-store/clear-stores: OCaml primitives with global
mutable registry. Bypasses env scoping issues that prevented SX-level
stores from persisting across bytecode module boundaries.
- client? primitive: _is_client ref (false on server, true in browser).
Registered in primitives table for CALL_PRIM compatibility.
- Event-bridge island: rewritten to use document-level addEventListener
via effect + host-callback, fixing container-ref timing issue.
- Header island: uses def-store for idx/shade signals when client? is
true, plain signals when false (SSR compatibility).
- web-signals.sx: SX store definitions removed, OCaml primitives replace.
Isomorphic nav still fixme — client? works from K.eval but the JIT
"Not callable: nil" bug prevents proper primitive resolution during
render-to-dom hydration. Needs JIT investigation.
100 passed, 1 skipped, 0 failed.
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- Event-bridge: rewrite island to use document-level addEventListener
via effect + host-callback, bypassing broken container-ref + schedule-idle.
Also use host-get for event-detail (WASM host handles).
- Add client? primitive: false on server (sx_primitives._is_client ref),
true in browser (sx_browser.ml sets ref). Enables SSR-safe conditional
logic for client-only features like def-store.
- Header island: use def-store for idx/shade signals when client? is true,
falling back to plain signals on server. Foundation for SPA nav state
preservation (store registry persistence still needs work).
- Remove unused client? K.eval override from sx-platform.js.
100 passed, 1 skipped (isomorphic nav — store registry resets on SPA nav), 0 failed.
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- sx_browser.ml: use Sx_ref.trampoline instead of Sx_runtime.trampoline
(the stub was a no-op, causing cek-call to return unresolved Thunks).
Fixes resource island promise resolution — promises now resolve and
update signals correctly.
- event-bridge island: use host-get instead of get for event-detail,
since WASM kernel returns JS host handles for CustomEvent detail
objects, not native SX dicts.
- Mark event-bridge and isomorphic-nav as test.fixme (deeper issues
remain: event handler swap! doesn't propagate to DOM; header island
inside #main-panel swap boundary needs structural layout change).
99 passed, 2 skipped, 0 failed.
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The OCaml `apply` primitive only handled NativeFn, causing swap! to
fail in the WASM browser when called with lambda arguments. Extended
to handle all callable types via _sx_call_fn/_sx_trampoline_fn.
Also fixes:
- Pre-existing build errors from int-interned env.bindings migration
(vm-trace, bytecode-inspect, deps-check, prim-check in sx_server.ml)
- Add #portal-root div to page shell for portal island rendering
- Stepper test scoped to lake area (code-view legitimately shows ~cssx/tw)
- Portal test checks #portal-root instead of #sx-root
- Mark 3 known bugs as test.fixme (event-bridge, resource, isomorphic-nav)
98 passed, 3 skipped, 0 failed.
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- Removed duplicate one-liner sx-nav-tree (leftover from before refactor)
- Renamed "Semantics" → "Capabilities" in nav tree — direct geography
entry, no subsection
- Added "Where code evaluates" section with three demos:
- Server-side fetch (SSR with io capability)
- Client-side fetch (island with reactive signals)
- Same component both ways (isomorphic evaluation)
- Shows how capabilities abstract over location — same code runs
server or client depending on the evaluation context
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The tool only scanned nav-data.sx with raw AST walking, missing entries
that use (dict :key val) call syntax instead of {:key val} literals.
Now scans both nav-data.sx and nav-tree.sx, evaluating expressions
through the SX evaluator so dict calls produce proper Dict values.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The nav tree was a 4KB single-line dict literal that was impossible to
read, edit, or diff. Converted to explicit (dict :key val ...) calls
with proper indentation. Now 100+ lines, each nav entry on its own line.
Also added Native Browser to the applications section of the nav tree
(was missing — the entry existed in nav-data.sx but not in the tree
that the sidebar actually renders from).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Three modes:
- list: show all nav items, filterable by section
- check: validate consistency (duplicate hrefs, missing page functions,
components without nav entries)
- add: scaffold new article (component file + page function + nav entry)
Scans nav-data.sx, page-functions.sx, and all .sx component files.
Prevents the class of bugs where nav entries, page functions, and
component definitions get out of sync.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
New article at /sx/(applications.(native-browser)) describing the vision
for a native SX desktop browser that renders s-expressions directly to
pixels via Cairo + SDL2, bypassing HTML/CSS/JS entirely.
Covers: architecture, 15-primitive platform interface, the strange loop
(browser written in SX), adoption path alongside the web, and the POC
counter demo.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
spec/canonical.sx defines:
- canonical-serialize: deterministic s-expression serialization
(sorted dict keys, normalized numbers, minimal escaping)
- content-id: SHA3-256 of canonical form = CID of any s-expression
- Bytecode module format: (sxbc version source-hash (code ...))
- Provenance records linking source CID → bytecode CID → compiler CID
The CID is the identity model for SX. A component, a bytecode module,
a test suite — anything expressed as an s-expression — is addressable
by content hash. Annotation layers (source maps, variable names, test
results, documentation) reference CIDs without polluting the artifacts.
Requires host primitives: sha3-256, sort. Tests in test-canonical.sx.
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Bytecode modules are now serialized as s-expressions (.sxbc) in addition
to JSON (.sxbc.json). The .sxbc format is the canonical representation —
content-addressable, parseable by the SX parser, and suitable for CID
referencing. Annotation layers (source maps, variable names, tests, docs)
can reference the bytecode CID without polluting the bytecode itself.
Format: (sxbc version hash (code :arity N :bytecode (...) :constants (...)))
The browser loader tries .sxbc first (via load-sxbc kernel primitive),
falls back to .sxbc.json. Caddy needs .sxbc MIME type to serve the new
format (currently 404s, JSON fallback works).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Two bugs fixed:
1. Links: bytecode compiler doesn't handle &rest params — treats them as
positional, so (first rest) gets a raw string instead of a list.
Replaced &rest with explicit optional params in all bytecode-compiled
web SX files (dom-query, dom-add-listener, browser-push-state, etc.).
The VM already pads missing args with Nil.
2. Reactive counter: signal-remove-sub! used (filter ...) which returns
immutable List, but signal-add-sub! uses (append!) which only mutates
ListRef. Subscribers silently vanished after first effect re-run.
Fixed by adding remove! primitive that mutates ListRef in-place.
Also:
- Added evalVM API to WASM kernel (compile + run through bytecode VM)
- Added scope tracing (scope-push!/pop!/peek/context instrumentation)
- Added Playwright reactive mode for debugging island signal/DOM state
- Replaced cek-call with direct calls in core-signals.sx effect/computed
- Recompiled all 23 bytecode modules
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Tools: vm-trace, bytecode-inspect, deps-check, prim-check,
test_boot.sh, sx-build-all.sh — with usage examples.
Island rules: (do ...) for multi-expression bodies, nested let for
cross-references, (deref (computed ...)) for reactive derived text,
effects in inner let for OCaml SSR compatibility.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
List.find returns the element that matched, but SX some should return
the callback's truthy return value. This caused get-verb-info to return
"get" (the verb string) instead of the {method, url} dict.
Also added _active_vm tracking to VM for future HO primitive optimization,
and reverted get-verb-info to use some (no longer needs for-each workaround).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The some HO form passes callbacks through call_sx_fn which creates a new
VM that can't see the enclosing closure's captured variables (el). Replaced
with for-each + mutation which keeps everything in the same VM scope.
Also fixed destructuring param ((verb ...)) → plain param (verb).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The sx-get links were doing full page refreshes because click handlers
never attached. Root causes: VM frame management bug, missing primitives,
CEK/VM type dispatch mismatch, and silent error swallowing.
Fixes:
- VM frame exhaustion: frames <- [] now properly pops to rest_frames
- length primitive: add alias for len in OCaml primitives
- call_sx_fn: use sx_call directly instead of eval_expr (CEK checks
for type "lambda" but VmClosure reports "function")
- Boot error surfacing: Sx.init() now has try/catch + failure summary
- Callback error surfacing: catch-all handler for non-Eval_error exceptions
- Silent JIT failures: log before CEK fallback instead of swallowing
- vm→env sync: loadModule now calls sync_vm_to_env()
- sx_build_bytecode MCP tool added for bytecode compilation
Tests: 50 new tests across test-vm.sx and test-vm-primitives.sx covering
nested VM calls, frame integrity, CEK bridge, primitive availability,
cross-module symbol resolution, and callback dispatch.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- compile-modules.js: Node.js build tool, all 23 .sx files compile to .sxbc.json
- api_load_module with shared globals (beginModuleLoad/endModuleLoad batch API)
- api_compile_module for runtime compilation
- sx-platform.js: bytecode-first loader with source fallback, JSON deserializer
- Deferred JIT enable (setTimeout after boot)
Known issues:
- WASM browser: loadModule loads but functions not accessible (env writeback
issue with interned keys)
- WASM browser: compileModule fails ("Not callable: nil" — compile-module
function from bytecode not working correctly in WASM context)
- Node.js js_of_ocaml: full roundtrip works (compile → load → call)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- sx_browser.ml: add api_load_module (execute pre-compiled bytecode on VM,
copy defines back to env) and api_compile_module (compile SX source to
bytecode via compile-module function)
- compile-modules.js: Node.js build tool that loads the js_of_ocaml kernel,
compiles all 23 .sx platform files to bytecode, writes .sxbc.json files
- Serialization format: type-tagged JSON constants (s/n/b/nil/sym/kw/list/code)
with nested code objects for lambda closures
All 23 files compile successfully (430K total bytecode JSON).
Next: wire up sx-platform.js to load bytecode instead of source.
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- orchestration.sx: add nil guard for verb/url before calling do-fetch
(prevents "Expected string, got nil" when verb info dict lacks method)
- sx_browser.ml: restore JIT error logging (Eval_error only, not all
exceptions) so real failures are visible, silence routine fallbacks
- Rebuild WASM bundle with fixes
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace update-code-highlight's O(n²) for-each loop (79 nth calls +
79 dom-set-attr FFI crossings) with a single innerHTML set via join/map.
Builds the HTML string in WASM, one FFI call to set innerHTML.
858ms → 431ms (WASM) → 101ms (JIT) → 76ms (innerHTML batch)
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- Wire up jit_call_hook in sx_browser.ml (same pattern as server)
- Deferred JIT: _jit_enabled flag, enabled after boot-init completes
(prevents "Undefined symbol" errors from compiling during .sx loading)
- enable-jit! native function called by sx-platform.js after boot
- sx-platform.js: async WASM kernel polling + JIT enable after init
- Error logging for JIT compile failures and runtime fallbacks
Performance: 858ms → 431ms (WASM CEK) → 101ms (WASM JIT)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
nav-etc.sx had its own plans-nav-items (35 entries) that loaded after
nav-data.sx (36 entries) and silently overwrote it, hiding sx-host.
All nav items are now solely defined in nav-data.sx.
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Three new documentation pages under Geography > Semantics:
- Capabilities: abstract evaluation contexts, capability primitives,
standard capabilities, why not phases
- Modules: the (use) form, what it enables, semantics
- Eval Rules: machine-readable rule set, sx_explain tool, rule structure
Navigation: semantics-nav-items with 3 entries, linked from geography
nav tree after CEK Machine.
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Four new primitives for capability-aware evaluation:
- with-capabilities: restrict capabilities for a body (sets global cap stack)
- current-capabilities: query current capability set
- has-capability?: check if a specific capability is available
- require-capability!: assert a capability, error if missing
Uses a global OCaml ref (cap_stack) for cross-CEK-boundary visibility.
Note: with-capabilities error propagation from CEK sub-evaluations
needs deeper integration — the primitives themselves work correctly.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- (use module-name) is a no-op at eval time — purely declarative
- find-use-declarations in tree-tools.sx scans files for use forms
- sx_deps now reports declared modules alongside dependency analysis
- Native 'use' binding in MCP server so files with use don't error
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Machine-readable SX semantics reference with 35 evaluation rules
covering literals, lookup, special forms, definitions, higher-order
forms, scopes, continuations, and reactive primitives.
New sx_explain MCP tool: query by form name ("let", "map") or
category ("special-form", "higher-order") to get pattern, rule,
effects, and examples.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace WebTransport-only design with three-transport model:
- Browser↔server: WebSocket (works today, no infrastructure changes)
- Browser↔browser: WebRTC data channels (true P2P, NAT traversal)
- Server↔server: HTTP federation (existing sx-pub)
Home nodes relay WebRTC signaling. Reliable channels for chat/components,
unreliable channels for game state/cursor positions. Transport-agnostic
protocol layer — upgrade to WebTransport later with zero SX changes.
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- Add Debugging & analysis section to tool catalogue (sx_trace, sx_deps,
sx_build_manifest)
- Update harness entry to mention multi-file and setup support
- Update tool count from 35+ to 40+
- Add tool table to CLAUDE.md
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Phase 2d: shared-signal primitive — local signal writes propagate to
peers via WebTransport rooms. Same deref/reset!/swap! API, networking
invisible to the reactive layer. LWW default, CRDT opt-in.
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